Henri Fantin-Latour
French, 1836-1904
Beatrice and Benedict, Act I: Nocturne, from Hector Berlioz's Opera "Beatrice and Benedict (1862)"
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Henri Fantin-Latour
French, 1836-1904c. 1888
Beatrice and Benedict, Act I: Nocturne, from Hector Berlioz's Opera "Beatrice and Benedict (1862)"
Henri Fantin-Latour French, 1836-1904 →lithographprint
Date
c. 1888
Medium
Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.6 × 15.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 22 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
Here Henri Fantin-Latour depicted a scene from Béatrice et Bénédict, Hector Berlioz’s 1862 opera version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing. In this moody nighttime scene from the lighthearted opera, Héro and her maidservant, Ursule, discuss Héro’s love for the young Claudio. The moon is high in the sky, and the two young women are shrouded in darkness as they talk and embrace one another.
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